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April 6, 2020
52nd MDG maintains equipment despite COVID-19
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Spangdahlem Air Base website — The 52nd Medical Group is supporting the base by continually providing critical services while combating the spread of COVID-19. The 52nd MDG provides medical and dental services to keep Airmen from the 52nd Fighter Wing ready to ‘fight tonight’, but also maintains medical tools essential to combat Coronavirus.
April 5, 2020
DLA Distribution’s Current Operations team ships Passover/Easter ceremonial items to overseas troops
For more than 20 years DLA has been involved with the yearly distribution of ashes, wine and palm leaves to as many as 50 foreign locations. Whether attending Easter mass in a tent in Afghanistan or Passover service on a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Bennage says chances are DLA was in some way involved in the process.
April 3, 2020
DLA Troop Support provides Passover, Easter food, religious items and needed comfort to servicemen, women overseas
PHILADELPHIA — With the upcoming Easter and Passover holidays, the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support is providing special meals and religious items to give some much needed comfort to servicemen and women deployed overseas, during these unprecedented times. Nearly 90,000 pounds of food and 159 religious item orders were sent to locations including Europe and the Middle East for holiday ceremonies and celebrations.
DLA Rapid Deployment Team supports ARNORTH units mobilizing to combat COVID-19
FORT BELVOIR, Virginia — A Defense Logistics Agency Rapid Deployment Team is supporting U.S. Army North as it determines requirements for medical and logistics support units mobilizing to assist in the Defense Department’s response to the nationwide spread of COVID-19.
N95 masks ship to healthcare providers
Battle Creek, Michigan — DLA Disposition Services at Okinawa employees prepare nine pallets of excess military N95 respirators for priority shipment to U.S. healthcare providers battling the coronavirus pandemic outbreak.
DLA Distribution San Diego’s Martinez retires after 42 years of service
SAN DIEGO — DDDC commander hosts retirement ceremony for Martinez Feb. 28.
April 2, 2020
Materiel enterprise supports DOD, civil authorities COVID-19 response
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the U.S. Army Europe website — The Army Materiel Command enterprise worldwide has mobilized to address head-on the challenges of the COVID-19 global pandemic, while simultaneously maintaining current operations and supporting warfighters engaged in conflicts around the world.
Positive practices emphasized during Child Abuse Prevention Month
COLUMBUS, Ohio — April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and serves as an annual observation to raise awareness of child abuse and prevention. The statistics about child abuse are stark – in 2018, approximately 678,000 children in the U.S. were found to be victims of child abuse or neglect.
DLA Distribution Europe helps provide Red Cross comfort kits
GERMERSHEIM, Germany — As leaders worldwide declare “war” against COVID-19, DLA Distribution Europe supports the EUCOM effort against the pandemic.
April 1, 2020
Sustaining & maintaining
BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. — Logistics In Action: Article originally appeared on the Barksdale Air Force Base website — Barksdale Airmen take care of the mission, but who takes care of the base? The unit responsible for the sustainment and maintenance of $5.9 billion worth of infrastructure on the installation is the 2nd Civil Engineer Squadron operations flight.